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About Me

I have been a show off all of my life I think, so it stands to reason that I should enjoy acting at the Renaissance Festival. I came to opening day in 1989 and was instantly hooked. I have never missed coming to the Faire since that day and we usually came 4 or 5 times each year.In 2001 I was part of the cast for the first time as a hawker at the Fairhaven stage. I had more fun than should be legal and was sure I would become a regular character. Alas my working world conspired against me year after year and I was relegated to only being a patron.Then in 2006 on opening day my wife TLL (that's The Lovely Laura) and I were strolling through Fairhaven when I was stopped, (several times actually), by various folk asking when I was coming back. Well after some discussion with TLL we decided that if they wanted me I would go. The next day I was a street actor working with Becka and learning what it was like to roam about the faire as a character.I had so much fun that this year when Rob asked me to come back I jumped at it, bringing my excited but nervous wife with me on to the street. TLL was a bit nervous the first couple of weekends, but she began to build her confidence with alot of support from the other members of the Street Troupe and the Royal Court. By the end of this year's faire she was becoming an old pro at making patrons laugh and spew beer out their nose.The both of us are looking forward to working the Festival again, (if they'll have us), and seeing you all at the George and Dragon as often as we can. Write to us soon.

My Interests

TLL, Racing, Acting, Food, TLL, Reading, Conversation (Can you imagine?), Friends, Playing games you know board games, Animals, TLL. Not necessarily in that order! Oh, and computers too.

I'd like to meet:

James Burke, Alton Brown, Steven Spielberg, Mario Andretti, Desmond Morris, Neil Armstrong, Jeff Foxworthy, Alberto Ascari, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Michael Schumacher and a whole bunch more...

Music:

If you take away rap and head-banger music (Please do...), I like it all.

Movies:

The Day the Earth Stood Still, Hatari!, Casablanca, Mister Roberts, The Caine Mutiny, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Manchurian Candidate, Fail Safe, Anything from the guys at Aardman! The Incredibles, You've Got Mail, An American President, Bond, Waking Ned Devine, Rocky Horror Picture Show, LoR, Harry Potter, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Gladiator, A History of Violence, The King and I (The musical and Jodie Foster's version) and on and on and on...

Television:

The Company, The Muppet Show!, The Prisoner, Secret Agent, Star Trek (Did I really need to say that?), Coupling (BBC version please), Good Eats, Monty Python's Flying Circus, House, Cold Feet, Feasting on Asphalt

Books:

Oh my god, there's no way to list them here. I LOVE to read!!!

Heroes:

Frank Lloyd Wright, Chuck Yeager, Mario Andretti, Amelia Earhart, Ansel Adams, Niki Lauda, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, James Burke.

My Blog

Much sadness...

Alas and alack the fates have conspired against us in this, the 20th anniversary year of the AZ Renaissance Festival. My good wife and I shall not be joining you all on the stage at Fairhaven this yea...
Posted by Patrick Black on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:45:00 PST

Its time to step up...

The members of the Church of the Seven Day Recreationalists are, by and large, a group of semi-pacifist individuals that just want to enjoy life and be left alone. We believe that the over-thro...
Posted by Patrick Black on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:09:00 PST

A few quick questions

Internet surveys are all well and good, but frequently they ramble a bit. I have here an internet survey that is not only concise, but quite famous as well. The questionaire comes to us via James Lipt...
Posted by Patrick Black on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:04:00 PST

Peace be upon thee...

...Upon thy heart that thy life is filled with love and joy. Peace be upon thy mind that thou hast ensured thy life is a splended one filled with joy and love of others. Peace be upon thy very soul so...
Posted by Patrick Black on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:07:00 PST

Quiet grace and dignity...

Indeed. I have always heard that all cats posses this grace and dignity to which I refer but I think I will have to disagree. The other day our quiet and graceful cats both managed to disprove this ...
Posted by Patrick Black on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:46:00 PST

Life is an odd bird...

It is isn't it? I was reading over a few things I had written many, many, many moons ago and got to thinking of old friends long since lost to the vastness. Then I though to my self, "Self, why don't ...
Posted by Patrick Black on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:07:00 PST

A lament for Tommy Makem

Rain will be lightly falling, as the church bell softly tolls and a group of Irishmen stand and raise a mug of Porther as the coffin bearers stroll... Today we loose a lovely voice, a ready smile, a ...
Posted by Patrick Black on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:05:00 PST

Howdy Everybody!

Greetings All and welcome to a new space. I have been on Yahoo 360 for some time now and will continue to maintain that page as well. If you'd like to see me there it's http://360.yahoo.com/profdumkau...
Posted by Patrick Black on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:59:00 PST